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Publishing Peace
During the course of the exile of the Jews in Babylon, one of the greatest of their seers, often known as "The Prophet of Consolation" from his words of comfort and encouragement (cf. Isa. 40:1), uttered the fervent cry, "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation" (Isa. 52:7). Living in captivity in a foreign land, surrounded by evidences of idolatrous worship (Isa. 44:9–18), of blasphemy and oppression (52:5), he yet realized and affirmed the true sublimity and vital importance of the publication of peace and salvation, the more so at a time when to those less farsighted, peace and salvation must have seemed alike unattainable.
Now a study of the prophet's words, as originally recorded, shows them to be more significant and far-reaching than our Common Version might lead us to suppose, and this is particularly so with regard to the term "shalom," which is rendered "peace," for this word suggested to the Hebrews the thought not only of peace, but also of "completeness, soundness, welfare, health, prosperity, security, friendship" (Brown, Driver, Briggs: Hebrew Lexicon, p. 1022f.). What a wealth of meaning, then, is to be found in this single word! Realizing this, we can understand more readily why the prophet could see the exalted beauty and significance of the task of publishing peace.
January 6, 1940 issue
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The Demand of the Hour
FLORENCE IRENE GUBBINS
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The Complete and Universal Appeal of Truth
LESLIE LUTZ ANDERSON
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Ever-present Supply
ELIZABETH SIEGLER
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A Well-ordered Day
ANNE R. KINMAN
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Publishing Peace
THOMAS L. LEISHMAN
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Love
ADA F. WESNER
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Starting in the Right Direction
NORA P. DARLING
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My Prayer Today
IVA B. LINEBARGER
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Henry J. Marquison, former Committee on Publication for the State of South Dakota,
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In his comments at the close of an article on health which...
Frank T. Norman, Committee on Publication for Dunbartonshire, Scotland,
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Supply Precedes Demand
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"Our refuge and strength"
Duncan Sinclair
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"The inspired Word"
Evelyn F. Heywood
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The Lectures
with contributions from Gwendolyn Mary Adamson, Kathleen M. Wright, William Allbut
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Helen A. Oakes
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Having derived so much help from the testimonies in the...
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I give this testimony in the hope that it will benefit...
Estelle May Burrows
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I feel I can no longer delay in giving my testimony,...
Pearl Marion Margoliouth
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In Proverbs we read: "Trust in the Lord with all thine...
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Just after an extraodinary proof of the healing power...
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I am deeply grateful to the Discoverer and Founder of...
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The Secret Place
ROSE E. SHARLAND
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Walter C. Hanning, Paul F. Voelker, J. L. Newland, T. G. Soares, Ray Thompson, William Lyon Phelps